Re: [pygame] timing question

You can use this input for your check. Inside the while statement place a keydown check and it should work. This is what I use for my game at the moment for single key strokes. I will send the while check in my second email to the list.

Enjoy programming.

Bruce

import msvcrt #INPUT KEYBOARD COMMANDS!

def key_Input(msg):
    "ENTER A KEY OR FUNCTION KEY, (ALT, CTRL, SHIFT...KEY)"
    # clear the keyboard buffer
    ch=""; ch1=""; sch=""
    while msvcrt.kbhit():
        ch = msvcrt.getch()
#    PlaySound ("Federation_Scan.ogg", 2, -1) #PLAY ANY SOUND HERE!
#    print "| "
#    print "Hit Return Or Escape To Quit or Move Using Cursor Keys:"
    print msg,
    while ch != chr(27) and ch != chr(13) and ch1 != chr(0) and ch1 != chr(224):
        ch1 = msvcrt.getch()
        ch = ch1
        if ch1 == chr(0) or ch1 == chr(224):
            ch = msvcrt.getch()
            sch = ch1+ch
            print; print "ch=%d ch1=%d" % (ord(ch), ord(ch1))
        else:
            ch = ch.upper()
            if ch in "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ":
                msvcrt.putch(ch)
                sch+=ch
            elif ch == chr(8) and len(sch)>0:
                msvcrt.putch(ch)
                sch = sch[:len(sch)-1]
    if ch == chr(27):
        i=len(sch)
        while i>0:
            i-=1
            msvcrt.putch(chr(8))
        sch="XXX"
        print sch
    print
    return (sch)

def key2Com( kbs):
    "CONVERT THE 0 AND 224 KEY CODES TO COMMANDS!"
    if len(kbs) < 2: return(kbs)
    if kbs[0] == chr(0):
        if kbs[1] == "O": kbs = "CMRS"
        elif kbs[1] == "Q": kbs = "CLRS"
    if kbs[0] == chr(224) and kbs[1] in MK224: kbs = MK224[ kbs[1]]
    return (kbs)

----- Original Message -----

From: Miguel Sicart

To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:06 AM

Subject: [pygame] timing question

Hi all,

I'm writing a little text-based game and I have stumbled upon a strange newbie problem.

In this game, the player has to input a number of commands in order to interact with the game. I am using raw_input to get input from the player.

My problem is that I want to make it turn based, and I want to limit the amount of time players have per turn. And I don't know how to do that. I have tried to create an event and push it to the event list, but it doesn't act until the player provides input, so it is not working.

So the idea is:

player provides specific input (raw_input)

game objects are affected by input

+1 turn

if turns = x:

game over

I am quite sure this is a simple problem, but I have been going around it for a couple of days with no success - help! :)

thanks!

mundial